Can ordinary citizens solve our toughest problems? Research shows Americans are frustrated with what they perceive as aloofness and gridlock within civic institutions The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2024
National grantmakers bet this rural education program can scale The Ballmer Group, Blue Meridian Partners, and others are helping Partners for Rural Impact take a model from Harlem and adapt it for Appalachian Kentucky and beyond The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2024
Did Taylor Swift create a new era for food bank donations? Since last March, Taylor Swift has donated the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of meals to help feed the growing number of Americans grappling with rising food and housing costs The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2024
Can a lottery winner run an effective foundation? Meet Roy Cockrum In the early 1980s, soon after graduating from college, Roy Cockrum was trying to make it as an actor in New York The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2024
Tiny homes, built largely with philanthropic support, offer more patch than solution to homelessness In response to a nationwide crisis that has left more than 650,000 people without housing, 100 tiny home villages for the homeless have opened in the United States over the past five years The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2024
$100 million for equity: MacArthur Foundation's new big bet and mandate The MacArthur Foundation will let loose another $100 million to a single project in the third installation of its global 100&Change competition, which for the first time requires applicants to address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues, the foundation announced Wednesday The Independent UK · May 22, 2024
Ta-Nehisi Coates spearheads new fund combatting sexual violence Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates is teaming up with two nonprofits to launch a new fund that will make awards to champions of sexual violence prevention and that will support education and healing programs, predominantly for Black women and girls, with plans to raise $10 million over the next two… The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2024
Warren Buffett, James Simons and Phil Knight are among the top charity donors of 2023 Investment guru Warren Buffett topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of the biggest charitable donations in 2023, with his $541.5 million gift to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, named for his first wife, who died in 2004 The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2024
Latino charitable giving rates drop sharply — but that’s not the full story The share of Latinos who give to established charities has dropped sharply since 2008, a new study has found The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023